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Integrated Science Unit : Ponds And Water, Evelyn K. Oliver
Integrated Science Unit : Ponds And Water, Evelyn K. Oliver
Graduate Research Papers
This instructional development project integrated the language arts and the science areas. The science content was ponds and water from the second grade curriculum. A rich learning environment was provided through a literature base, representing the different genres and related expressive activity. The unit was presented through teacher-directed activity and learning centers that offered many options from which children could select experiences.
The goals of the program were to give children more control over their learning and to extend children's thinking-language abilities by capitalizing on the common processes of the language arts and science areas and offering many opportunities to …